Button-settsng machine



(N0 Model.)

J. H. VINTON.

BUTTON SETTING MACHINE.

No. 388,232. Patented Aug. 21,1888.

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JOHN H. VINTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR IO THE PENIN- SULARNOVELTY COMPANY, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

BUTTON-SETTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,232, dated August2l, 1888.

Application tiled January 12, 1888. Serial No. 260,529.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. VINToN, of Boston, county of Suffolk, Stateof Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in But- 5 ton-SettingMachines, of which the following description in connection with theaccompanying drawings is a specification, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

In an application filed by Edward O. Ely

1o February 2l, 1887, Serial No. 228,309, a button-setting instrumentwas shown embodying a movable anvil, a driver to co-operate therewith, ayielding carrier constructed and ar` ranged to receive a fastening andattached [5 button which is forced therefrom by the driver,

and a slotted raceway movable simultaneously with the said carrier andadapted to receive a series of fastenings having buttons attachedthereto, said raceway being open at its lower end to deliver the saidfastenings and buttons to the said carrier. Suitable retaining deviceswere also provided for the fastenings and buttons, which were controlledby springs and were moved aside to permit the passage of a fastening andits button by a direct pressure either upon the fastening` or upon thebuttonas, for instance, by the iingers-to remove the fastening and itsbutton from the raceway to the carrier, and by the driver to remove the5o fastening and its button from the carrier.

This invention has for its object to construct a foot-power machineemploying substantially the same button-setting devices shown anddescribed in the abovenamed application in connection with automaticfeeding devices.

The invention therefore consists in the combination, with a driver, amovable anvil, a yielding carrier located beneath the driver and adaptedto receive a fastening and attached button, and a raceway sinmltaneouslymovable therewith, said raceway being slotted to receive severalfastenings and attached buttons, and being open at its lower end todeliver said fastenings and buttons to the carrier, of twoautomatically-operated feed-dogs, the engaging ends of which act uponthe fastenings to permit them, together with the buttons, to pass fromthe raceway to the carrier one at a time. 5o The carrier is arranged atan inclination, so

that the raceway may extend vertically to in- (No model.)

sure the descent of the buttons and fasteners by gravity.

Figure l shows in side elevation a buttonsetting machine embodying thisinvention, the main frame-work being broken away to expose the treadleand movable jaw carrying the anvil; and Fig. 2 a detail showing thecarrier, raceway, and feeding devices on a larger scale, viewing themachine from the opposite side 6c shown in Fig. l.

The main vframe-work A is of suitable shape to support the operatingparts.

The jaw a, carrying the anvil-block (t2, is pivoted at c to the mainframe-work, one end being connected with the treadle-rod t, which isnormally held in elevation by the springt.

To limit the ascent of the anvil, and thereby prevent injury to thebutton-setting devices, an adjusting-screw, t2, passes through the jaw7o a, which strikes a stud, ti, as the treadle-rod is depressed. Thecarrier c, formed at the lower end of a bar, c', moving in suitableguides in the main frame, is suitably slotted and recessed to receive afastening, to which 7 5 is attached a button. A raceway, c, suitablyslotted and recessed to receive several fastenings and attached buttons,is secured to the bar c by a web, c; or it may be cast integral with it,so that the raceway and bar move as 8o one piece. The bar c is recessedto receive a spiral spring, ci, the normal tendency of which is toretain the said bar in its lowermost position. The carrier c and its barc and the raceway e, attached to the bar, are substantially as shown inthe application before referred to. The web c is open as at e'l, and therear side of the raceway is also cut away to permit the engaging ends oftwo feed-dogs, 2 3, pivoted to the web to act upon and hold thefastenings. 9o The feed-dog 2 has an adj usti 11g-screw, 4, which, whenthe raceway is in its most elevated position, strikes a projection, 5,iixcd to the main framework, and thereby moves the said feeddog todisengage the fastening. rlhe feed-dog 3 has an adjusting-screw, 6,which strikes a stud or projection, 7, fixed to the main frame, (seeFig. 1,) when the raceway is in its lowermost position, thereby movingthe said feeddog to disengage the fastenings. The engagroo ing ends ofthe feed-dogs lie one above the other7 and by acting alternately by themovel ments of the raoeway, permit the fastenings and attaehed buttonsto fall by gravity one at a time, the perpendicular arrangement of theraceway best insuring this result. The driver d is secured to the mainframe parallel with the slide-bar c and in a direct line with thepassage through the carrier, so as to enter said passage and forcetherefrom the fastening and its attached button'when the said carrier israised.

I claim- 1. In a button-setting machine, the stationary driver, movableanvil, yielding carrier, and raceway movable simultaneously With thecarrier, combined with two feed-dogs, 2 3, adapted to act alternatelyupon the fastenings Yin the raceway at the rear side thereof, the ad-

